Global Patent Index - EP 0543502 B1

EP 0543502 B1 19960904 - Subpicosecond atomic motion detection and signal transmission

Title (en)

Subpicosecond atomic motion detection and signal transmission

Title (de)

Atomare Bewegungsdetektion im Subpicosekundenbereich und Signalübertragung

Title (fr)

Détection de mouvement atomique de l'ordre d'une picoseconde et transmission d'un signal

Publication

EP 0543502 B1 19960904 (EN)

Application

EP 92309510 A 19921019

Priority

US 78065591 A 19911018

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0543502A1] A time-dependent record depicting the motion of one or more selected atoms with a time resolution equal to or shorter than 10<-><1><2> second is generated by applying an electric field to a field emission tip (10). Electrons emitted from the selected atoms are focused into a beam which is swept over a spatially resolved electron detector (14) for sensing the intensity of the beam as a function of the for creating the record. One- or two-dimensional records can be generated without signal averaging. The electrons can be directed onto a spot on a surface where dynamics are to be probed, and the electrons scattered or emitted from said surface are then focused into the electron beam. This method can also be used for transmitting information to a remote location at high frequency. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G01B 17/00; H01J 37/285

IPC 8 full level

G01Q 30/02 (2010.01); G01Q 30/04 (2010.01); H01J 37/285 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01J 37/285 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 2237/2852 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 977/881 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 977/949 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 977/954 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 5151594 A 19920929; DE 69213396 D1 19961010; EP 0543502 A1 19930526; EP 0543502 B1 19960904

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 78065591 A 19911018; DE 69213396 T 19921019; EP 92309510 A 19921019